I remember having friends playing this game with the undestructive good old Nokia 3310.
I think one of the most interesting points of this game tbh is actually the potential of Ably to take care of these real-time functionalities very easily for developers - we can see the phone's orientation in real-time. Sweet.

I think it's laughably absurd that we've reached a point in time where we have totally forgotten what an amazing piece of technology a smartphone is...
I hate to sound like an old man (or Louis C.K https://youtu.be/q8LaT5Iiwo4?t=24 ), but here is a a device packed with software that took thousands of people their entire careers to discover/developer, encased in hardware that meticulously crafted ... and users of this app willingly throw their phone into the air in the hopes of getting ... a high score.
btw this is not a critique on the developers or this app, their app just made me reflect on society at large.